weeding out
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Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudices, eradicate virtue, honesty, and religion.
Women-in-jeopardy movies are, in essence, the updated versions of men dying to save the princess from the dragon to earn her love. They are modern-day training films for teaching women to select the best protectors while weeding out the rest.
But part of the job of economics is weeding out errors. That is much harder than making them, but also more fun.
What campaigns are for is weeding out the people who, for one way or another, weren't making it for the long haul.